Many would have not realized that John Terry was once in the book of West Ham academy. He was there starting his football journey at the age of 11 until 14. When he was 14 years old, he moved to Chelsea and the rest was history. The other big names that emerged from the famous West Ham academy were Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Glen Johnson, Jermain Defoe, Rio Ferdinand, Anton Ferdinand, Mark Noble, Jack Collison, James Tomkins, Paul Ince, and Bobby Moore among others. The Writer presumes readers have already known about this.
The man that is responsible for the success of this West Ham academy is of course the legendary Tony Carr. He was the academy director, he was the chief scout and he was the youth coach that helped developed some of those big names. More importantly he set the standard high at the West Ham academy. However he is now retired. Football needs more people like him and also needs more football academy like West Ham.
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